Question

Name the process/term for the following statements.

The study of past life based on fossil records.

Answer 1

Study of fossils:

• The remains of organisms that lived in past are known as fossils. The study of fossils is known as paleontology.
• Paleontology is the study of the history of life on Earth based on fossils.
• The remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things that have been replaced by rock material or impressions of organisms preserved in rock are some examples of fossils.

Hence the study of past life based on fossil records is called paleontology.